After erasing a 3-0 deficit in the series, Edmonton hopes to become just the second NHL team to make it all the way back against the Panthers, who lost last year's Finals and face the troubling scenario of a historic choke on home ice on Monday.

The Paris 2024 plans for a grandiose inauguration on its famed inner-city river have yet to receive the official green light, as town hall officials deemed its water "too dirty" to compete in and postponed an Olympic rehearsal on Monday due to strong flow.

The Golden State Warriors and former Team USA’s star shooting guard has opted to partake in the Caribbean squad’s practice sessions held in Houston this week while speculation swirls regarding his future with the seven-time NBA Champions.

The doping scandal that hit the World Anti-Doping agency last April involving 23 Chinese athletes who failed repeated drug tests, as reported by The New York Times, keeps snowballing with the latest announcement by the Asian superpower.

After contributing to the Boston Celtics’ 18th championship on Monday, Kristaps Porzingis announced that he will have off-season surgery on his left ankle and will need at least two months of recovery time, which rules him out of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The All Star swingman made a push for Finals MVP, which went to teammate Jaylen Brown, and dismantled the Dallas Mavericks by a score of 106-88 on Monday to put the Massachusetts franchise atop the all-time record list with its first championship since 2008.

The Chinese anti-doping agency followed the global watchdog’s lead on Friday and called out the American newspaper on Monday, deeming its follow-up reporting of the 23 swimmers’ positive test results from 2020 a “violation of media ethics”.

After a physically hampered NBA regular season and gruelling Playoff exit against the New York Knicks last month, the Philadelphia 76ers star center said he is recovering well from his injuries and ready to take on the world in Paris 2024 with Team USA.

From Australia to America, the newest revelation by The New York Times on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s alleged mishandling of doping cases from China’s swimming team has sparked varied levels of outrage, be it from officials, coaches or the athletes themselves.

The World Anti-Doping Agency hit back on Friday at the American newspaper’s report that it had known well before the Tokyo Olympics that swimmers from China had tested positive for clenbuterol, all the way back to 2016 before the Rio Games, calling its coverage “sensationalist and inaccurate”.

Looking to notch up their first championship since 2008, the Celtics got humiliated in Dallas, losing 122-84, the third-largest margin in the series’ history, but still have three more chances to celebrate what would be a record-setting 18th title.

The legendary guard, coach and general manager, who died at age 86 on Wednesday, endured early-life torments that never quite dissipated; but he managed to overcome both on and off-the-court grief to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to prominence and earn a spot among the all-time basketball greats.

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 62 points for the Mavericks but Boston capitalized on 61 by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and a killer third quarter to defeat the home team by 99-106. The C’s could now sweep the series for the first time since 2018.

Boston holds serve in the NBA Finals after beating the Dallas Mavericks by 107-89 on Thursday thanks to a stellar performance by the Latvian center, who came off the bench after a 10-game absence and delivered 20 points and six rebounds.